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20 black people you should follow on Twitter

Followers: 2030Twitter Bio: Mother of a wonderful 10 yr-old girl and engaged to the best man I’ve ever known. Also President & CEO of Super Parenting LLC and 2-time WNBA World Champion!http://olympiahoops.com

Two-time WNBA world champion Olympia Scott is a sister who has it all: beauty, brains, a daughter she adores, the man of her dreams and a company that champions successful parenting. What does she have to say?

Don’t let Daymond John’s shark-sharp business incisors fool you, he’s a brother loves to see folks win. His entertaining tweets run the gamut from business advice to promotion of his new book, The Brand Within, and jokes. Yes, Daymond got jokes.

Paul Carrick Brunson intrigues us with his take on relationships and his claim to make the best matches. This is a man who believes in love and commitment – on every level. His tweets talk about love. Yeah.

She quotes a lot of inspirational business people, but after a daily gander at Judith Stephens’ tweets you’d have to think that maybe they should be quoting her. Competent, cool and somewhat feisty, Stephens’ tweets mix homespun money wisdom with sound financial know-how.

Smart money management skills are part of the learn-about-money-so-you-can-protect-your-own-ass(ets) action plan.http://ow.ly/1sTH1

James Neal@James3Neal

Followers: 3002Twitter Bio: I dream in text. Interested in technology related to education, libraries, and museums. Applying to LIS programs and UX/IA web designer in training.

Words are important to James Neal. He makes it his business to use his allotted 140 characters to dispense powerful information on everything from digitalized scholarship to the lyrics of 70s funk classics.

Fear of a Black Planet, Twenty Years Later: A Panel Discussion with Public Enemy at University of Iowa via @mattthomas -http://j.mp/dANDAx

Scott Williams is one of the pastors of the largest church on the Internet. He tweets about everything from religion to his love for his wife and kids. He uses Twitter as a post-modern pulpit without the offering plate.

When everyone around you says “Give Up” find the inner voice deep down inside that will whisper “Keep Going!!”

Don Lemon@DonLemonCNN

Followers: 65666Twitter Bio:CNN Anchor

Most of this news anchor’s female followers on Twitter have learned to gawk and drool in 140 characters or less. Don will tell and show you where he’s going for lunch, and even invite some of the most spirited debates Twitter has ever seen.

Rosetta Thurman just comes on out with it. She uses social media as a change agent, and in as few words as possible Rosetta can explain a process or tell you how and where to get a gig. And all of her tweets have heart.

I wanted to do a post in the Nonprofit Side Hustle series on how to start a blog to market yourself, but maybe it should be its own series?

Obviously Dwayne Rodgers is a Beatles fan. You can’t call yourself a daytripper without knowing a little about the Fab Four. This photographer has one of the flyest Twitter layouts and he uses Twitpic like an online gallery and museum. If there is rhyme or reason to what Dwayne tweets, then he keeps it to himself while he shares the best with us.

Black rock evangelist Rob Fields uses the digital space to preach the good news of blacks in rock and alternative music. On and offline he is the authority. As the former PR Director of the Black Rock Coalition, there is nothing head banging about Rob’s tweets, which advocate creativity and diversity in music and also give us a glimpse into his world.

Yes, this is Alice’s baby girl, but Rebecca has a voice and presence all of her own. Rebecca Walker has quietly and cautiously used Twitter to introduce herself and her work. And on some days her tweets appear to be a work of prose unfolding.

almost to Amsterdam, hence..”Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.”—Rembrandt

Gotta love Yahya’s take on green: It’s all about the quality of life. It’s about how you’re living. His tweets present green as a process and as doable. He’s one guy who believes sustainability begins at home.

Let’s make a deal Mother E. I’ll take the warm weather if you keep the pollen. Deal?

Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda doesn’t believe race should be the elephant in the room. She talks about it. She makes you talk about it. And she tweets about it with passion, love and honesty. (Ask her about Negro on the census form.)

Life more colorful than black and white by Raquel Cepeda -http://bit.ly/dhBf6l #cnn

Everybody follows @questLove, even your favorite person on Twitter. His tweets range from the personal to the political and above all the musical. His coolest tweets come from awards shows, where he gives us a voyeur’s view of snarky comments, wardrobe commentary and a feel for those “oh my” moments we’d never read about on the gossip blogs.

only marvin could get away with asking engineer if he “has another J”….only to express surprise of it being on tape http://bit.ly/7l3bNs

Erykah Badu@FATBELLYBELLA

Followers: 120110Twitter Bio: i will not pop 4u or break 4u or hate for u or even hate u

Enough said. Everyone on this list has been or is talking about or talking to Miss Badu, including Miss Badu.

They are not angry we are nude . It angers them that we are awake . E.Badu

The Mayor: Cory Booker@CoryBooker

Followers: 1,072,483Twitter Bio: Mayor of Newark NJ

This young, gifted leader’s tweets are better than any travel and tourism campaign ever produced. Cory Booker is Newark’s son and ambassador as demonstrated in his tweets that are part news flashes and daily inspiration

“One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” Sidney Howard

Back when Twitter was just a newborn in this digital world we live in it was very easy to find people to follow. Some were your friends from real life while the majority of the connections made were brand spanking new and limited to ones digital life and various personas online. Part of the appeal of Twitter was that it was a melting pot of some pretty cool people. It’s still a melting pot, but it has gotten harder and harder to weed out the marketers, passerbys, and the like. In short, it’s hard to find the cool and interesting people that made Twitter a desirable destination to connect with others.

Instead of telling you the obvious people you should follow, celebrities and other notable people, we want to show you who you should REALLY be following on Twitter. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few people you already know mixed in, however the large majority of these cool tweeple you probably haven’t heard of but should’ve. Check out 20 people on Twitter you should be following but probably aren’t.

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